You’ll make a great ally in the early game with an excellent all-around military unit available from turn one. Sumeria’s natural playstyle is kind of like my average Saturday night: get some friends together and go on a screaming rampage. It would be kind of like if the US was led by Optimus Prime. It actually holds up even today as an exciting adventure story if you can get your hands on it, but its more fantastical elements make Gil an odd choice for a Civ leader. There is some evidence of a king of a particular Sumerian city-state with that name, but far more famous (and the basis for Civ 6’s portrayal) is the mythological Gilgamesh from the Epic of Gilgamesh, the oldest heroic poem in human history. Gil (Do you mind if I call you Gil?) was-you guessed it!-not the leader of Sumeria. Ziggurat: A temple that grants science and culture if adjacent to a river.
War Cart: An early game chariot that doesn’t suffer the normal penalties against spearmen. Gets bonus rewards for conquering barbarians (falling in line with their place in history as one of the first, true civilizations). Doesn’t get warmonger penalties for declaring war on a civ one of his allies is already at war with. Military units share in pillaged resources and XP gained by any allied unit fighting within five tiles. Eventually, though, you’ll want to settle down and make friends to take advantage of Gandhi’s faith bonus. This early lead can be taken in many directions, but the potency of war elephants (possibly the best early military unit overall if used correctly) suggests some initial aggression is advisable. Stepwells will allow your cities to grow and prosper much faster than most other civs in the early game, representing how the Indus Valley was one of the first places to see large, agricultural civilization flourish. If we had the atom bomb, we would have used it against the British.” While he made highly effective use of nonviolent resistance and is associated with pacifism, he actually once said “.we adopted out of our helplessness. Would you be at all surprised at this point if I were to tell you that Gandhi was never the leader of India? Perhaps best known to long-time civ players as a nuke-happy, warmongering maniac, he was in actuality an important political and ideological figure in the movement for Indian independence from the British Empire. Stepwell improvement: Available very early, granting housing and food, as well as additional bonus resources based on what it’s placed next to. Varu War Elephants: Specialized melee cavalry that reduce enemy combat strength for each unit of this type adjacent to them. 
Bonus Faith for every civ you’ve met who has founded a religion, and with whom you are not at war (reflecting the religious diversity of the Indian subcontinent).
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